[Bug 214817] Re: When I close a tab that has a Gmail page loaded, firefox crashes

[Alexander Sack]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 10:13:01PM -0000, ollie wrote:
> I have the exact same behaviour on Firefox 3 RC2 on Ubuntu Hardy. Using
> -safe-mode, disabling all plugins, moving .mozilla away, having a brand
> new profile... None of those actions helps, Firefox still crashes
> closing a Gmail tab. And it happens a lot. As in several times a day - a
> lot. Lately I've noticed it's not only Gmail and Google Docs -- a few
> other pages cause the same crash when you close their tabs. The only
> thing I've seen in common with them is the heavy use of Javascript/Ajax.
> 
> It's been argued that this is not a bug but merely a Google API issue. I
> have the same Firefox 3 RC2 running on an openSuse system and another on
> Windows Vista SP1. Neither are affected. Only the Ubuntu one is. So I
> don't understand how this is caused by Google not supporting
> Gecko/XULrunner 1.9.
> 

please download the check-integrity.sh script from [1] to /tmp/. Then
open terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and run:

 sh /tmp/check-integrity.sh xulrunner-1.9\* > /tmp/integrity.txt
 sh /tmp/check-integrity.sh firefox-3.0\* > /tmp/integrity.txt

Next, attach /tmp/integrity.txt to this bug.

 affects ubuntu/firefox-3.0
 status incomplete

[1] - http://people.ubuntu.com/~asac/scripts/

 - Alexander


** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Incomplete

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When I close a tab that has a Gmail page loaded, firefox crashes
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